Creatures of all kinds in the Letcher County and surrounding area are in luck: Waggin’ Tails is back open after having to shut its doors by government ... Read This Post
Stories
Op-Ed: Act now to lessen the digital divide in Eastern Kentucky
Governor Beshear continues to tell us to stay “Safe at Home”, and he’s right. For many of us that means a lot more time on the internet to work ... Read This Post
Appalachia’s New Day: Addiction Recovery During COVID-19
Many people across Kentucky have used recovery care facilities to heal and rebuild their lives after addiction. Kentucky is one of the states hit ... Read This Post
Op-ed: One Way Local Governments Can Prepare for Tax Revenue Declines
Local governments across Eastern Kentucky have been facing budget shortfalls since 2012 as coal severance taxes have fallen. But now, they are ... Read This Post
Appalachia’s New Day: Farmers’ Markets During COVID-19
Local and regional food systems could lose more than $688 million in sales because of COVID-19, according to a recent analysis by experts presenting ... Read This Post
Addiction Recovery Care – Louisa, Kentucky
Many people across Kentucky have used recovery care facilities to heal and rebuild their lives after addiction. Kentucky is one of the states hit ... Read This Post
Pour House Coffee – Russell, Kentucky
Since Pour House Coffee – a coffee shop just outside of Ashland, Kentucky – opened in 2014, they have tripled in number of employees and added a ... Read This Post
Childcare in Kentucky: Why It Matters
Parents are anxiously trying to figure out what to do about childcare this fall as the economy slowly reopens and schools shift to being exclusively ... Read This Post
Our Affiliates: Kentucky Center for Economic Policy
There is no shortage of ideas about what is possible in Eastern Kentucky’s future. Many people are trying to enhance and grow what already exists in ... Read This Post
Our Affiliates: Kentucky Natural Lands Trust
In Blanton Forest, just outside Harlan, ancient trees tower 100 feet above the forest floor. When the tract of old growth forest was discovered in ... Read This Post
How the Mountain Association supports networks in Appalachia
Central Appalachian Network The Central Appalachian Network was established in 1992 after several nonprofit organizations in Kentucky, Ohio, ... Read This Post
Fostering a local food system with North Fork Local Foods
Local food began seeing a swell in community interest in the 2010s. Farmers, food producers and consumers developed an action plan for a stronger ... Read This Post
